DATE VALUE
12/1/1947 1.75
8/1/1948 2
9/22/1950 2.25
1/8/1951 2.5
10/17/1951 2.75
12/19/1951 3
4/27/1953 3.25
3/17/1954 3
8/4/1955 3.25
10/14/1955 3.5
4/13/1956 3.75
8/21/1956 4
8/6/1957 4.5
1/22/1958 4
4/21/1958 3.5
9/11/1958 4
5/18/1959 4.5
9/1/1959 5
8/23/1960 4.5
12/6/1965 5
3/10/1966 5.5
6/29/1966 5.75
8/16/1966 6
1/26/1967 5.75
3/27/1967 5.5
11/20/1967 6
4/19/1968 6.5
9/25/1968 6.25
12/2/1968 6.5
12/18/1968 6.75
1/7/1969 7
3/17/1969 7.5
6/9/1969 8.5
3/25/1970 8
9/21/1970 7.5
11/12/1970 7.25
11/23/1970 7
12/22/1970 6.75
1/6/1971 6.5
1/15/1971 6.25
1/18/1971 6
2/16/1971 5.75
3/11/1971 5.5
3/19/1971 5.25
4/23/1971 5.5
7/7/1971 6
10/20/1971 5.75
11/8/1971 5.5
12/17/1971 5.25
1/3/1972 5
1/18/1972 4.75
2/16/1972 4.5
3/20/1972 4.75
3/31/1972 5
6/27/1972 5.25
8/29/1972 5.5
10/3/1972 5.75
12/27/1972 6
2/27/1973 6.25
3/26/1973 6.5
4/19/1973 6.75
5/7/1973 7
5/25/1973 7.25
6/7/1973 7.5
6/22/1973 7.75
7/2/1973 8
7/9/1973 8.25
7/18/1973 8.5
7/30/1973 8.75
8/6/1973 9
8/13/1973 9.25
8/21/1973 9.5
8/28/1973 9.75
9/18/1973 10
10/23/1973 9.75
10/29/1973 9.5
12/3/1973 9.75
1/29/1974 9.5
2/11/1974 9.25
2/19/1974 9
2/25/1974 8.75
3/22/1974 9
4/1/1974 9.25
4/4/1974 9.5
4/8/1974 9.75
4/11/1974 10
4/22/1974 10.25
4/25/1974 10.5
5/2/1974 10.75
5/7/1974 11
5/10/1974 11.25
5/17/1974 11.5
6/27/1974 11.75
7/8/1974 12
10/8/1974 11.75
10/22/1974 11.25
11/6/1974 11
11/13/1974 10.75
11/25/1974 10.25
1/13/1975 10
1/28/1975 9.5
2/3/1975 9
2/18/1975 8.75
2/24/1975 8.5
3/3/1975 8.25
3/10/1975 8
3/19/1975 7.75
3/25/1975 7.5
5/20/1975 7.25
6/9/1975 7
7/18/1975 7.25
7/25/1975 7.5
8/11/1975 7.75
9/15/1975 8
10/27/1975 7.75
11/4/1975 7.5
12/1/1975 7.25
1/12/1976 7
1/21/1976 6.75
6/1/1976 7
6/4/1976 7.25
8/2/1976 7
10/1/1976 6.75
10/29/1976 6.5
12/10/1976 6.25
5/13/1977 6.5
5/27/1977 6.75
8/22/1977 7
9/16/1977 7.25
10/7/1977 7.5
10/24/1977 7.75
1/10/1978 8
5/5/1978 8.25
5/26/1978 8.5
6/16/1978 8.75
6/30/1978 9
9/1/1978 9.25
9/15/1978 9.5
9/28/1978 9.75
10/13/1978 10
10/27/1978 10.25
11/1/1978 10.5
11/6/1978 10.75
11/17/1978 11
11/24/1978 11.5
12/26/1978 11.75
6/19/1979 11.5
7/27/1979 11.75
8/16/1979 12
8/28/1979 12.25
9/7/1979 12.75
9/14/1979 13
9/20/1979 13.25
9/28/1979 13.5
10/9/1979 14.5
10/24/1979 15
11/1/1979 15.25
11/9/1979 15.5
11/16/1979 15.75
11/30/1979 15.5
12/7/1979 15.25
2/19/1980 15.75
2/22/1980 16.5
2/29/1980 16.75
3/4/1980 17.25
3/7/1980 17.75
3/14/1980 18.5
3/19/1980 19
3/28/1980 19.5
4/2/1980 20
4/18/1980 19.5
5/1/1980 18.5
5/7/1980 17.5
5/16/1980 16.5
5/23/1980 14.5
5/28/1980 14
6/6/1980 13
6/13/1980 12.5
6/17/1980 12
7/7/1980 11.5
7/23/1980 11
8/22/1980 11.25
8/27/1980 11.5
9/8/1980 12
9/12/1980 12.25
9/19/1980 12.5
9/26/1980 13
10/1/1980 13.5
10/17/1980 14
10/29/1980 14.5
11/6/1980 15.5
11/17/1980 16.25
11/21/1980 17
11/26/1980 17.75
12/2/1980 18.5
12/5/1980 19
12/10/1980 20
12/16/1980 21
12/19/1980 21.5
1/2/1981 20.5
1/9/1981 20
2/3/1981 19.5
2/23/1981 19
3/3/1981 18.5
3/10/1981 18
3/17/1981 17.5
3/24/1981 17
3/27/1981 17.5
4/1/1981 17
4/20/1981 17.5
4/29/1981 18
5/4/1981 19
5/11/1981 19.5
5/18/1981 20
5/22/1981 20.5
6/1/1981 20
7/8/1981 20.5
9/16/1981 20
9/22/1981 19.5
10/5/1981 19
10/13/1981 18
11/2/1981 17.5
11/9/1981 17
11/16/1981 16.5
11/24/1981 16
12/1/1981 15.75
2/2/1982 16.5
2/17/1982 17
2/23/1982 16.5
7/20/1982 16
7/29/1982 15.5
8/2/1982 15
8/16/1982 14.5
8/18/1982 14
8/23/1982 13.5
10/7/1982 13
10/13/1982 12
11/22/1982 11.5
1/11/1983 11
2/25/1983 10.5
8/8/1983 11
3/19/1984 11.5
4/5/1984 12
5/8/1984 12.5
6/25/1984 13
9/27/1984 12.75
10/16/1984 12.5
10/29/1984 12
11/8/1984 11.75
11/28/1984 11.25
12/19/1984 10.75
1/15/1985 10.5
5/20/1985 10
6/18/1985 9.5
3/7/1986 9
4/21/1986 8.5
7/11/1986 8
8/26/1986 7.5
4/1/1987 7.75
5/1/1987 8
5/15/1987 8.25
9/4/1987 8.75
10/7/1987 9.25
10/22/1987 9
11/5/1987 8.75
2/2/1988 8.5
5/11/1988 9
7/14/1988 9.5
8/11/1988 10
11/28/1988 10.5
2/10/1989 11
2/24/1989 11.5
6/5/1989 11
7/31/1989 10.5
1/8/1990 10
1/2/1991 9.5
2/4/1991 9
5/1/1991 8.5
9/13/1991 8
11/6/1991 7.5
12/23/1991 6.5
7/2/1992 6
3/24/1994 6.25
4/19/1994 6.75
5/17/1994 7.25
8/16/1994 7.75
11/15/1994 8.5
2/1/1995 9
7/7/1995 8.75
12/20/1995 8.5
2/1/1996 8.25
3/26/1997 8.5
9/30/1998 8.25
10/16/1998 8
11/18/1998 7.75
7/1/1999 8
8/25/1999 8.25
11/17/1999 8.5
2/3/2000 8.75
3/22/2000 9
5/17/2000 9.5
1/4/2001 9
2/1/2001 8.5
3/21/2001 8
4/19/2001 7.5
5/16/2001 7
6/28/2001 6.75
8/22/2001 6.5
9/18/2001 6
10/3/2001 5.5
11/7/2001 5
12/12/2001 4.75
11/7/2002 4.25
6/27/2003 4
7/1/2004 4.25
8/11/2004 4.5
9/21/2004 4.75
11/10/2004 5
12/15/2004 5.25
2/2/2005 5.5
3/22/2005 5.75
5/3/2005 6
6/30/2005 6.25
8/9/2005 6.5
9/20/2005 6.75
11/1/2005 7
12/13/2005 7.25
1/31/2006 7.5
12/10/1976 6.25
4/2/1980 20
7/23/1980 11
12/19/1980 21.5
3/24/1981 17
5/22/1981 20.5
7/8/1981 20.5
12/1/1981 15.75
2/17/1982 17
2/25/1983 10.5
6/25/1984 13
Federal Reserve Bank Prime Interest Rate
8/26/1986 7.5 Semiconductor Rush
2/24/1989 11.5 Crash Semiconductors
25
7/2/1992 6
3/24/1994 6.25 Dot Com Rush 20
2/1/1995 9
2/1/1996 8.25 15
11/18/1998 7.75
5/17/2000 9.5 Crash Dot Com
10
12/12/2001 4.75
7/1/2004 4.25
5
1/31/2006 7.5
0
Dec-78
Dec-76 Dec-82
Dec-80 Dec-84
Dec-86
Dec-88 Dec-92
Dec-90 Dec
Prime Rate Federal Reserve Bank
25
20
15
10
5
0
12/1/1947 12/1/1954 12/1/1961 12/1/1968 12/1/1975 12/1/1982 12/1/1989 12/1/1996 12/1/2003
Date
serve Bank Prime Interest Rate
Dec-94
92 Dec-98
Dec-96 Dec-02
Dec-00 Dec-04
12/1/2003